Avoiding and managing lamivudine resistance in chronic hepatitis B: Current approaches and potential strategies including pegylated interferon

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-668

  Marcellin, Patrick ^a   Sung, Joseph ^b   Piratvisuth, Teerha ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Drug resistance; Management; Pegylated interferon

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLEVUDINE; EMTRICITABINE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PARACETAMOL; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; VIRUS DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MYALGIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADENINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LAMIVUDINE; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 77954364826     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02207.x     Document Type: Review

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